August 06 2017, by Eric Danis

GPI Stats Pack: 2017 PokerStars Bucharest Main Event

POKERSTARS FESTIVAL BUCHAREST MAIN EVENT

Sam Grafton GPI

Sam Grafton

JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel
Bucharest, Romania
August 2-6, 2017

Entries: 736
Total Purse: €706,560
Winning Share: €133,400

Defending Champion:
Avishai Shitrit (ISR) **Eureka Poker Tour, May 2016
€107,350

FINAL TABLE OVERVIEW

SEAT PLAYER NATION CHIP STACK
1 Johann Eclapier FRA 875,000
2 Patrick Bueno FRA 835,000
3 Daniel Nietrzebka POL 2,255,000
4 Traian Bostan ROU 735,000
5 Sam Grafton UK 6,690,000
6 Fahredin Mustafov BUL 2,300,000
7 Anil Olgun Ozdemir TUR 9,350,000

EVENT PAYOUTS

POS PAYOUT GPI SCORE*
1st €133,400 361.74
2nd €81,300 297.59
3rd €57,600 266.76
4th €43,500 245.46
5th €34,400 229.35
6th €26,091 216.52
7th €18,720 205.93

*Unofficial GPI Score

PLAYER STATS

Anil Olgun Ozdemir TUR Flag

STACK: 9,350,000 (1st) FROM: Istanbul, Turkey AGE: 22  |  @anilozzdemir
GPI WORLD RANK:
#23701 (PEAK: Current)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#12244
National TURKEY:
#39 (GPI) / #23 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 5 $10,425
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 5 $10,425
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
95,914th
FIRST RESULT: FEB 2017 – 8th/86 German Poker Days Mega Stack Turbo (Rozvadov) LATEST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 65th/558 PokerStars Festival Lille PokerStars Cup (France)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $7,777 – 5th/740 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov NLH Open (Fabian Gumz) Mar 2017
  • $1,568 – 29th/624 PS Championship Monte Carlo PS Cup (Nikolay Panchenko) Apr 2017
  • $692 – 65th/558 PS Festival Litte PokerStars Cup (Sander van Wesemael) July 2017
  • $208 – 10th/73 PS Championship Monte Carlo Hyper Turbo (Emmanuel Pariset) May 2017
  • $181 – 8th/86 German Poker Days Festival Mega Stack Turbo (Simon Galatowitsch) Feb 2017
CHIPS › DAY 1C DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 2nd/94 46th/58 1st/7

Sam Grafton UK Flag

STACK: 6,690,000 (2nd) FROM: Leamington Spa, England (lives in Warsaw) AGE: 36  |  @SquidPoker
GPI WORLD RANK:
#377 (PEAK: #306 Feb 2013)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#200
National UK:
#21 (GPI) / #10 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 2 TOP 10: 15 RESULTS: 49 $771,460
2017 › WINS: 1 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 11 $183,975
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
2,131st (137th in England)
FIRST RESULT: MAR 2009 – 6th/140 The London Poker Masters Side Event (London) LATEST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 29th/1,956 WSOP $1,500 NLH Event (Rio Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $163,953 – 1st/137 GUKPT Grand Final Main Event (London) Nov 2012
  • $106,156 – 1st/111 Aussie Millions 5K NLH Six Max (Melbourne) Jan 2017
  • $66,677 – 12th/1,107 EPT Prague Main Event (Stephen Graner) Dec 2014
  • $41,382 – 5th/265 WSOP Circuit Paris High Roller (Vasilis Panayiotou) Nov 2016
  • $32,201 – 6th/841 ESPT/UKIPT Marbella Main Event (Isidoro Barrena) June 2015
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 23rd/164 26th/58 2nd/7

Fahredin Mustafov BUL Flag

STACK: 2,300,000 (3rd) FROM: Sofia, Bulgaria AGE: 27
GPI WORLD RANK:
#563 (PEAK: #535 June 2017)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#1128
National BULGARIA:
#7 (GPI) / #9 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 6 TOP 10: 20 RESULTS: 34 $388,654
2017 › WINS: 3 TOP 10: 3 RESULTS: 6 $110,049
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
4,436th (21st in Bulgaria)
FIRST RESULT: DEC 2010 – 10th/100
Princess Sofia 1K NLH (Bulgaria)
LATEST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 1st/80
Poker Travel Open Main Event (Bulgaria)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $81,977 – 3rd/256 partypoker WPT Prague (Javier Zapatero) Dec 2015
  • $58,771 – 1st/275 EPT Prague 1K NLH Side Event (Czech Republic) Dec 2015
  • $47,134 – 1st/86 WSOP Circuit Rozvadov High Roller (Czech Republic) Apr 2017
  • $42,662 – 1st/134 Balkan Poker Festival Main Event (Macedonia) Mar 2017
  • $39,191 – 1st/202 EPT Prague 1K PLO Side Event (Czech Republic) Dec 2016
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 6th/164 33rd/58 3rd/7

Daniel Nietrzebka POL Flag

STACK: 2,255,000 (4th) FROM: Gdynia, Poland AGE: 28
GPI WORLD RANK:
#-
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#-
National POLAND:
#- (GPI) / #- (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
FIRST RESULT:
LATEST RESULT:
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 14th/164 2nd/58 4th/7

Johann Eclapier FRA Flag

STACK: 875,000 (5th) FROM: Reunion, France AGE: 33
GPI WORLD RANK:
#73111 (PEAK: #12519 Jan 2013)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#-
National FRANCE:
#1349 (GPI) / #- (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 4 RESULTS: 5 $13,713
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
79,932nd (3,599th in France)
FIRST RESULT: AUG 2012 – 3rd/51 APT Asian Series Head Hunter (Mauritius) LAST RESULT: AUG 2016 – 32nd/339 WPT National Rozvadov (Czech Republic)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $8,385 – 4th/114 APT Asian Series Mauritius Main Event (Bruno Tadebois) Aug 2012
  • $2,500 – 32nd/339 WPT National Rozvadov Main Event (Leo Tran) Aug 2016
  • $1,122 – 3rd/51 APT Asian Series Mauritius Head Hunter (Richard Chan) Aug 2012
  • $974 – 5th/31 APT Asian Series Mauritius NLH Side Event (Dominique Lamy) Aug 2012
  • $731 – 3rd/14 APT Asian Series Mauritius NLH Deepstack (Gary Guimbeau) June 2013
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 118th/164 21st/58 5th/7

Patrick Bueno FRA Flag

STACK: 835,000 (6th) FROM: Paris, France (lives in Tel Aviv) AGE: 51
GPI WORLD RANK:
#47671 (Peak: #4592 Jan 2013)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#29143
National FRANCE:
#1009 (GPI) / #645 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 2 TOP 10: 45 RESULTS: 60 $1,139,152
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 1 RESULTS: 2 $3,302
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 0 $0
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
1,449th (47th in France)
FIRST RESULT: JAN 1996 – 6th/46
Aviation Club Winter Tournament 5K NLH (Paris)
LATEST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 33rd/478
Israeli Poker Championship Bulgaria Main Event (Varna)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $315,269 – 2nd/264 Master Classics of Poker Main Event (Thomas Middelthon) Nov 2005
  • $230,880 – 8th/148 WSOP 50K HORSE (Scotty Nguyen) June 2008
  • $65,057 – 8th/389 EPT Dublin Main Event (Roland de Wolfe) Oct 2006
  • $46,645 – 2nd/143 Rendez-Vous à Paris 1K Side Event (Joseph Mazig) May 2009
  • $38,493 – 6th/183 WSOP 5K Seven Card Stud (Benjamin Lin) July 2006
CHIPS › DAY 1C DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 4th/94 41st/58 6th/7

Traian Bostan ROU Flag

STACK: 735,000 (7th) FROM: Bucharest, Romania AGE: 35  |  @traianbostan
GPI WORLD RANK:
#685 (Peak: #NOW)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#870
National ROMANIA:
#5 (GPI) / #6 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 2 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 31 $217,294
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 10 $65,430
PSF BUH › TITLES: 0 TOP 10: 1 RESULTS: 1 $8,525
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
8,004th (35th in Romania)
FIRST RESULT: NOV 2013 – 3rd/27
PokerFest Romania Side Event (Bucharest)
LATEST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 476th/7,221
WSOP Main Event (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $106,273 – 1st/603 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event (Romania) Dec 2016
  • $27,743 – 476th/7,221 WSOP Main Event (Scott Blumstein) July 2017
  • $23,848 – 17th/1,349 WSOP 3K NLH Event (Harrison Gimbel) July 2017
  • $11,071 – 125th/1,785 EPT Barcelona Main Event (Sebastian Malec) Aug 2016
  • $8,525 – 10th/579 Eureka Bucharest Main Event (Avishai Shitrit) May 2016
CHIPS › DAY 1A DAY 2 DAY 3
RANK › 34th/66 6th/58 7th/7

Photo credit: PokerStars

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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.